Quinchat Cane Rod Building Equipment
Half the fun of building bamboo rods is building the equipment to produce the rod. Over the years I have built most of my own equipment. Planing forms, binders, a number of roughing mills, hollowing mills and most recently, a CNC finish mill.
The beveller design has evolved into a very flexible tool that does nearly all the preparation work prior to the planing form - including preliminary tapering. The fluting attachment is an optional accessory. It cuts a groove in the finish planed strip and can reduce the weight of a butt section by over 20%.
The binder is a simple two string design with the entire mechanism enclosed in a box. No glue can get on the mechanism and clean-up involves simply cleaning or disposing of the replacable cpvc tube.
We are currentlly filling orders for both the beveller and binder. They are normally available with a 4 week lead time.
For international customers we offer a kit version of the binder and can adapt the beveller to locally purchased router motors. See the international page for details.
Xmas Special: Shipping is FREE for US orders placed before Dec 24, 09
